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Tonight at The Ice Mansion in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, WBA light heavyweight champion Beibut Shumenov faces late replacement challenger, former middleweight titlist William Joppy. WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Championship, 12 rounds Beibut Shumenov: 175 lb William Joppy: 174.5 lb

Despite the unannounced departure from Kazakhstan of WBO champion Juergen Braehmer, WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov decided not to allow the devastating news derail his homecoming as a World Champion when he defends his titles Saturday night against 3-time world champion William Joppy in the 12-round main event at …

WBA heavyweight champion David ‘The Hayemaker’ Haye has brandished rival titleholder Wladimir Klitschko a ‘coward’, following the Ukrainian’s decision not to unify the belts in a 2011 showdown. A bout between IBF and WBO kingpin Klitschko and Haye appeared close to completion earlier this week, but Wladimir instead decided to …

A terribly upset and disappointed WBA/IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov was in near shock to learn that his scheduled opponent for Saturday night’s unification fight, WBO titlist Juergen Braehmer, left Shymkent last night without informing or explaining why he has pulled out of “The Unification.” Beibut Shumenov (10-1, 6 …

On March 19th 2011, Limerick’s own Cinderella-Man takes another leap into the unknown when he challenges Guillermo Rigondeaux for his WBA Super-Bantamweight title. Having defied all the odds to capture the European title, pummelling Paulie Hyland over four blistering rounds, Willie Casey embarks on a road less travelled by his …

By Per Ake Persson It looks like former WBA light heavy king Gabriel Campillo will take on former WBO 175 lb champ Zsolt Erdei March 12 in New York with the WBA regular title at stake. This of course mean that the winner of Juergen Braehmer and Beibut Shumenov, current …

Teeraporn, the first WBO World champion for Asia showed great form. Her fighting style is very attractive, so much that German Promoter Universum contacted Teeraporn aka Female Rambo to challenge WBO,WBA, WIBF flyweight titlist Suzianna Kentikian, considered to be the best in the world. Suzianna is intelligent in fighting style. …

Interim WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux, arguably the greatest amateur boxer of all-time, is preparing to school challenger Willie “Big Bang” Casey when they square-off March 19 in Dublin. The Guillermo-Casey title fight features a pair of unbeaten boxers headlining a show promoted by Top Rank, Nowhere …

WBA and IBA Light Heavyweight Champion Beibut Shumenov (10-1, 6 KOs) has been preparing for the biggest fight in his very short, but storied career, training for “The Unification,” his Jan. 8, 2011 blockbuster boxing event first at Team Barry Boxing in Henderson, Nevada with his head trainer and 1984 …

Integrated Sports Media, North America’s leading distributor of International Pay-Per-View and Closed Circuit sporting events, delivered 14 power-packed events this year from around the globe to sports fans in the United States and Canada. “I am proud that we were able to provide consumers with the opportunity to watch major …

There were two WBA title fights on Sunday at the Super Arena in Saitama, Japan with the Kameda brothers emerging victoriously. Just 21 years of age, reigning WBA flyweight king Daiki Kameda made the second defense of his title, won in February during a rematch with Denkaosan Kaovichit, but was …

Colombian slugger Breidis Prescott (23-2, 19 KOs) received WBA Junior Welterweight Champion Amir Khan’s recent press release with a chuckle of his own. Entitled “Amir Khan Laughs at Prescott: I’d Stop You in Three!” the release details what a laughably easy time Khan thinks he would have in a rematch …